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  1. Quantitative analysis of thyroid tumors vascularity: A comparison between 3-D contrast-enhanced ultrasound and 3-D Power Doppler on benign and malignant thyroid nodules

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2018, Wiley

    Professor Filippo Molinari, PAOLO PIERO LIMONE, Marco Caballo

  2. An efficient data mining framework for the characterization of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid plaque using bidimensional empirical mode decomposition technique

    Article • Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  3. Comparison of microwave dielectric properties of human normal, benign and malignant thyroid tissues obtained from surgeries: A preliminary study

    Article • Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, December 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  4. Cerebrovascular pattern improved by ozone autohemotherapy: an entropy-based study on multiple sclerosis patients

    Article • Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  5. Empirical mode decomposition analysis of near-infrared spectroscopy muscular signals to assess the effect of physical activity in type 2 diabetic patients

    Article • Computers in Biology and Medicine, April 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  6. An automated technique for carotid far wall classification using grayscale features and wall thickness variability

    Article • Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  7. Muscle echo intensity: reliability and conditioning factors

    Article • Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  8. Inter- and intra-observer variability analysis of completely automated cIMT measurement software (AtheroEdge™) and its benchmarking against commercial ultrasound scanner and expert Readers

    Article • Computers in Biology and Medicine, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  9. Automated Analysis of Intima-Media Thickness

    Article • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  10. Association of automated carotid IMT measurement and HbA1c in Japanese patients with coronary artery disease

    Article • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, June 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Dr Martino Deidda, Professor Luca Saba

  11. Effect of complex wavelet transform filter on thyroid tumor classification in three-dimensional ultrasound

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine, January 2013, SAGE Publications

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  12. Evolutionary Algorithm-Based Classifier Parameter Tuning for Automatic Ovarian Cancer Tissue Characterization and Classification

    Article • Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound, December 2012, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  13. Ultrasound IMT measurement on a multi-ethnic and multi-institutional database: Our review and experience using four fully automated and one semi-automated methods

    Article • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  14. Ovarian Tumor Characterization using 3D Ultrasound

    Article • Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, December 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  15. Ovarian Tumor Characterization and Classification Using Ultrasound—A New Online Paradigm

    Article • Journal of Digital Imaging, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  16. FEATURE SELECTION APPLIED TO THE TIME-FREQUENCY REPRESENTATION OF MUSCLE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (NIRS) SIGNALS: CHARACTERIZATION OF DIABETIC OXYGENATION PATTERNS

    Article • Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, September 2012, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  17. Constrained snake vs. conventional snake for carotid ultrasound automated IMT measurements on multi-center data sets

    Article • Ultrasonics, September 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  18. ThyroScreen system: High resolution ultrasound thyroid image characterization into benign and malignant classes using novel combination of texture and discrete wavelet transform

    Article • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  19. Ovarian tumor characterization and classification: A class of GyneScan™ systems

    Article • August 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  20. Distal wall delineation using automated Dual Snake paradigm: A multi-center and multi-ethnic carotid ultrasound evaluation

    Article • August 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  21. Carotid ultrasound symptomatology using atherosclerotic plaque characterization: A class of Atheromatic systems

    Article • August 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  22. Carotid IMT variability (IMTV): Its design and validation in symptomatic vs. asymptomatic 142 Italian population

    Article • August 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  23. Carotid far wall characterization using LBP, Laws' Texture Energy and wall variability: A novel class of Atheromatic systems

    Article • August 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  24. Automated benign & malignant thyroid lesion characterization and classification in 3D contrast-enhanced ultrasound

    Article • August 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  25. Carotid IMT Variability (IMTV) and Its Validation in Symptomatic versus Asymptomatic Italian Population: Can This Be a Useful Index for Studying Symptomaticity?

    Article • Echocardiography, July 2012, Wiley

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  26. Automated diagnosis of epileptic EEG using entropies

    Article • Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  27. Atherosclerotic Risk Stratification Strategy for Carotid Arteries Using Texture-Based Features

    Article • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  28. Linear and non-linear analysis of cardiac health in diabetic subjects

    Article • Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  29. Comparison between manual and automated analysis for the quantification of carotid wall by using sonography. A validation study with CT

    Article • European Journal of Radiology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  30. Non-invasive automated 3D thyroid lesion classification in ultrasound: A class of ThyroScan™ systems

    Article • Ultrasonics, April 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  31. Hypothesis Validation of Far-Wall Brightness in Carotid-Artery Ultrasound for Feature-Based IMT Measurement Using a Combination of Level-Set Segmentation and Registration

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, April 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  32. An Accurate and Generalized Approach to Plaque Characterization in 346 Carotid Ultrasound Scans

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, April 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  33. Completely Automated Multiresolution Edge Snapper—A New Technique for an Accurate Carotid Ultrasound IMT Measurement: Clinical Validation and Benchmarking on a Multi-Institutional Database

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, March 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  34. Carotid artery recognition system: A comparison of three automated paradigms for ultrasound images

    Article • Medical Physics, December 2011, Wiley

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  35. Feature selection applied to ultrasound carotid images segmentation

    Article • August 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  36. Carotid automated ultrasound double line extraction system (CADLES) via Edge-Flow

    Article • August 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  37. CARES 3.0: A two stage system combining feature-based recognition and edge-based segmentation for CIMT measurement on a multi-institutional ultrasound database of 300 images

    Article • August 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  38. Automated high-performance cIMT measurement techniques using patented AtheroEdge™: A screening and home monitoring system

    Article • August 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  39. Automated carotid artery intima layer regional segmentation

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, June 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  40. Completely automated robust edge snapper for carotid ultrasound IMT measurement on a multi-institutional database of 300 images

    Article • Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  41. CAUDLES-EF: Carotid Automated Ultrasound Double Line Extraction System Using Edge Flow

    Article • Journal of Digital Imaging, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  42. Skeletonization approach for characterization of benign vs. malignant single thyroid nodules using 3D contrast enhanced ultrasound

    Article • March 2011, SPIE

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  43. Completely automated multiresolution edge snapper (CAMES): a new technique for an accurate carotid ultrasound IMT measurement and its validation on a multi-institutional database

    Article • March 2011, SPIE

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  44. CARES: Completely Automated Robust Edge Snapper for carotid ultrasound IMT measurement on a multi-institutional database of 300 images: a two stage system combining an intensity-based feature approach with first order absolute moments

    Article • March 2011, SPIE

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  45. Symptomatic vs. Asymptomatic Plaque Classification in Carotid Ultrasound

    Article • Journal of Medical Systems, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Professor Luca Saba

  46. A state of the art review on intima–media thickness (IMT) measurement and wall segmentation techniques for carotid ultrasound

    Article • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  47. Characterization of Single Thyroid Nodules by Contrast-Enhanced 3-D Ultrasound

    Article • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  48. Role of fuzzy pre-classifier for high performance LI/MA segmentation in B-mode longitudinal carotid ultrasound images

    Article • August 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  49. Inter-Greedy technique for fusion of different carotid segmentation boundaries leading to high-performance IMT measurement

    Article • August 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  50. Time-Frequency Characterization of Cerebral Hemodynamics of Migraine Sufferers as Assessed by NIRS Signals

    Article • EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof Gianni Allais

  51. Joint Metabonomic and Instrumental Analysis for the Classification of Migraine Patients with 677-MTHFR Mutations~!2009-10-03~!2009-11-15~!2010-05-28~!

    Article • The Open Medical Informatics Journal, May 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  52. Muscle fatigue during cross country sprint assessed by activation patterns and electromyographic signals time-frequency analysis

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  53. Inter-Greedy Technique for Fusion of Different Segmentation Strategies Leading to High-Performance Carotid IMT Measurement in Ultrasound Images

    Article • Journal of Medical Systems, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  54. Intima-media thickness: setting a standard for a completely automated method of ultrasound measurement

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, May 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  55. Automatic recognition and validation of the common carotid artery wall segmentation in 100 longitudinal ultrasound images: an integrated approach using feature selection, fitting and classification

    Article • March 2010, SPIE

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  56. AUTOMATIC COMPUTER-BASED TRACINGS (ACT) IN LONGITUDINAL 2-D ULTRASOUND IMAGES USING DIFFERENT SCANNERS

    Article • Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, December 2009, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  57. Follow-up of residual shunt after patent foramen ovale closure

    Article • Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, November 2009, Wiley

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  58. Spectral changes of near-infrared spectroscopy signals in migraineurs with aura reveal an impaired carbon dioxide-regulatory mechanism

    Article • Neurological Sciences, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof Gianni Allais

  59. A Vision-Based Technique for Lay Length Measurement of Metallic Wire Ropes

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, May 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  60. Motion Artifact Reduction in Breast Dynamic Infrared Imaging

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, March 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof. Valentina Agostini

  61. Noise Estimation in Infrared Image Sequences: A Tool for the Quantitative Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Registration Algorithms

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, July 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof. Valentina Agostini

  62. US-Guided Percutaneous Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Solid Benign Hyperfunctioning or Compressive Thyroid Nodules

    Article • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  63. The diagnostic iter of patent foramen ovale in migraine patients: an update

    Article • Neurological Sciences, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof Gianni Allais

  64. Patent foramen ovale detected by near-infrared spectroscopy in patients suffering from migraine with aura

    Article • Neurological Sciences, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof Gianni Allais

  65. Image Analysis of Metallic Ropes for the Measurement of the Lay Length

    Article • May 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  66. Evaluation of different marker sets for motion artifact reduction in breast dynamic infrared imaging

    Article • August 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof. Valentina Agostini

  67. Characterization of a Completely User-Independent Algorithm for Carotid Artery Segmentation in 2-D Ultrasound Images

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, August 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  68. Accurate and Automatic Carotid Plaque Characterization in Contrast Enhanced 2-D Ultrasound Images

    Article • August 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  69. Why do we need NIRS in migraine?

    Article • Neurological Sciences, May 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof Gianni Allais

  70. Characterization of a Completely User – Independent Algorithm for the Segmentation of Carotid Artery Ultrasound Images

    Article • December 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  71. User-independent Plaque Characterization and Accurate IMT Measurement of Carotid Artery Wall using Ultrasound

    Article • August 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  72. Evaluation of feature-based registration in dynamic infrared imaging for breast cancer diagnosis

    Article • August 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof. Valentina Agostini

  73. Electrical Manifestations of Muscle Fatigue During Concentric and Eccentric Isokinetic Knee Flexion-Extension Movements

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  74. Article • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  75. Assessment of muscle fatigue during biking

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, March 2003, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  76. Time-frequency analysis of surface myoelectric signals during athletic movement

    Article • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, January 2001, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  77. USE OF CROSS-TIME–FREQUENCY ESTIMATORS FOR STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION IN NON-STATIONARY CONDITIONS AND UNDER UNKNOWN EXCITATION

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, November 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  78. CROSS-TIME FREQUENCY TECHNIQUES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MASONRY BUILDINGS

    Article • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, January 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  79. Innovative microelectrode array stimulation and detection system

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari

  80. Dynamic infrared imaging for breast cancer diagnosis: a feature based registration approach

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari, Prof. Valentina Agostini

  81. Cerebral Hemodynamics Assessed by means of Transcranial Doppler and Near ? Infrared Spectroscopy in Healthy Smokers and non-Smokers

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Filippo Molinari